With a cold winter slowing pasture growth, livestock farmer are looking at some interesting feed alternatives.

One of the world's most commonly used horticulture fungicides, chlorothalonil, may be killing beneficial insects that are critical as plant pollinators

If you look at the rain radar on the Bureau's site, a very promising large cold front is moving slowly across the south east corner of the continent. But is it enough to be considered drought breaking? Certainly not in the south west corner of Victoria.

The grower group Sheep Producers has just announced farmers can buy electronic ear tags online from them. 

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